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El Capitan GY 450
El Capitan Built 1937 Cook Welton & Gemmell Beverley for Earl Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby
1938 Sold to the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby renamed Wellard
08/1939 Bought by the Admiralty as an anti-submarine trawler No FY.137
25/02/1942 Loaned to the United States Navy RN crewed for North Atlantic anti-submarine work
10/1942 Returned to owners
07/1946 Sold back to the Crampin Steam Fishing Co Ltd Grimsby registered as GY 300
The vessel was managed by the Hull Ice Co Ltd Hull
11/1946 Transferred back to her owners at Grimsby
1961 Sold for scrap to Van Heyghen Freres Belgium
Her Details are
- Official Number 164429
- Yard Number 626
- GT 514 NT 280
- Dimensions 173 x 28.6 x 14.6
- Quarter deck 89 Foc’sle 37
- Engines Amos & Smith 135 NHP 12.8 knots
Arrived at Ghent 31/08/1961 for breaking up
Ilfracombe GY 450
Ilfracombe Built 1897 Mackie & Thomson Govan for Hagerup Doughty & Co Grimsby
04/1906 Registered to Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Co
1917 Hired by the Admiralty
1919 Returned
01/1925 Moved to Lowestoft
Her Details are
- Official Number 108486
- Yard Number 164
- Call Sign MGPS
- GT 165 NT 51
- Dimensions 104.2 x 21 x 10.7
- Quarter deck 17 Foc’sle 18
- Engines Triple expansion 10, 16¼, 27¼ in x 20 in 45 rhp by Muir & Houston Glasgow
Ida GY 450
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